Liber Ieremiae, 7

1. Verbum, quod factum est ad Ieremiam a Domino dicens:

1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

2. “Sta in porta domus Domini et praedica ibi verbum istud et dic: Audite verbum Domini, omnis Iuda, qui ingredimini per portas has, ut adoretis Dominum.

2. "Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all you men of Judah who enter these gates to worship the LORD.

3. Haec dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israel: Bonas facite vias vestras et opera vestra, et habitare vos faciam in loco isto.

3. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will let you dwell in this place.

4. Nolite confidere in verbis mendacii dicentes: “Templum Domini, templum Domini, templum Domini est”.

4. Do not trust in these deceptive words: `This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.'

5. Quoniam, si bene direxeritis vias vestras et opera vestra, si feceritis iudicium inter virum et proximum eius,

5. "For if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly execute justice one with another,

6. advenae et pupillo et viduae non feceritis calumniam nec sanguinem innocentem effuderitis in loco hoc et post deos alienos non ambulaveritis in malum vobismetipsis,

6. if you do not oppress the alien, the fatherless or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt,

7. habitare vos faciam in loco isto, in terra, quam dedi patribus vestris a saeculo usque in saeculum.

7. then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your fathers for ever.

8. Ecce vos confiditis vobis in sermonibus mendacii, qui non proderunt.

8. "Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail.

9. Quid? Furari, occidere, adulterari, iurare mendaciter, incensum offerre Baal et ire post deos alienos, quos ignoratis;

9. Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Ba'al, and go after other gods that you have not known,

10. et venitis et statis coram me in domo hac, super quam invocatum est nomen meum, et dicitis: “Liberati sumus”, eo quod faciatis omnes abominationes istas.

10. and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, `We are delivered!' -- only to go on doing all these abominations?

11. Numquid spelunca latronum facta est domus ista, super quam invocatum est nomen meum in oculis vestris? Ecce, etiam ego vidi, dicit Dominus.

11. Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, says the LORD.

12. Ite ad locum meum in Silo, ubi habitavit nomen meum a principio, et videte, quae fecerim ei propter malitiam populi mei Israel.

12. Go now to my place that was in Shiloh, where I made my name dwell at first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

13. Et nunc, quia fecistis omnia opera haec, dicit Dominus, et locutus sum ad vos mane consurgens et loquens, et non audistis, et vocavi vos, et non respondistis,

13. And now, because you have done all these things, says the LORD, and when I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and when I called you, you did not answer,

14. faciam domui huic, super quam invocatum est nomen meum, et in qua vos habetis fiduciam, et loco, quem dedi vobis et patribus vestris, sicut feci Silo;

14. therefore I will do to the house which is called by my name, and in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.

15. et proiciam vos a facie mea, sicut proieci omnes fratres vestros, universum semen Ephraim.

15. And I will cast you out of my sight, as I cast out all your kinsmen, all the offspring of E'phraim.

16. Tu ergo, noli orare pro populo hoc nec assumas pro eis deprecationem et orationem et non obsistas mihi, quia non exaudiam te.

16. "As for you, do not pray for this people, or lift up cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I do not hear you.

17. Nonne vides, quid isti faciant in civitatibus Iudae et in plateis Ierusalem?

17. Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

18. Filii colligunt ligna, et patres succendunt ignem, et mulieres commiscent farinam, ut faciant placentas reginae caeli et libent diis alienis, ut me ad iracundiam provocent.

18. The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.

19. Numquid me ad iracundiam provocant, dicit Dominus, nonne semetipsos in confusionem vultus sui?

19. Is it I whom they provoke? says the LORD. Is it not themselves, to their own confusion?

20. Ideo haec dicit Dominus Deus: Ecce furor meus et indignatio mea effunditur super locum istum, super homines et super iumenta et super lignum regionis et super fruges terrae et succendetur et non exstinguetur.

20. Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, my anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, upon man and beast, upon the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; it will burn and not be quenched."

21. Haec dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israel: Holocautomata vestra addite victimis vestris et comedite carnes,

21. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh.

22. quia non sum locutus cum patribus vestris et non praecepi eis in die, qua eduxi eos de terra Aegypti, de verbo holocautomatum et victimarum.

22. For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.

23. Sed hoc verbum praecepi eis dicens: Audite vocem meam, et ero vobis Deus, et vos eritis mihi populus; et ambulate in omni via, quam mandaverim vobis, ut bene sit vobis.

23. But this command I gave them, `Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.'

24. Et non audierunt nec inclinaverunt aurem suam, sed abierunt in voluntatibus et in pravitate cordis sui mali factique sunt retrorsum et non in ante

24. But they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.

25. a die, qua egressi sunt patres eorum de terra Aegypti, usque ad diem hanc. Et misi ad vos omnes servos meos prophetas, per diem consurgens diluculo et mittens;

25. From the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have persistently sent all my servants the prophets to them, day after day;

26. et non audierunt me nec inclinaverunt aurem suam, sed induraverunt cervicem suam et peius operati sunt quam patres eorum.

26. yet they did not listen to me, or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.

27. Et loqueris ad eos omnia verba haec, et non audient te; et vocabis eos, et non respondebunt tibi;

27. "So you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you. You shall call to them, but they will not answer you.

28. et dices ad eos: Haec est gens, quae non audivit vocem Domini Dei sui nec recepit disciplinam. Periit fides et ablata est de ore eorum.

28. And you shall say to them, `This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, and did not accept discipline; truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips.

29. Tonde capillum tuum et proice et sume in collibus planctum, quia sprevit Dominus et proiecit generationem furoris sui.

29. Cut off your hair and cast it away; raise a lamentation on the bare heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.'

30. Quia fecerunt filii Iudae malum in oculis meis, dicit Dominus; posuerunt abominationes suas in domo, super quam invocatum est nomen meum, ut polluerent eam;

30. "For the sons of Judah have done evil in my sight, says the LORD; they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

31. et aedificaverunt excelsa Topheth, quae est in valle Benennom, ut incenderent filios suos et filias suas igni: quae non praecepi nec cogitavi in corde meo.

31. And they have built the high place of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind.

32. Ideo ecce dies venient, dicit Dominus, et non dicetur amplius Topheth et vallis Benennom sed vallis Interfectionis; et sepelient in Topheth, eo quod non sit locus.

32. Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when it will no more be called Topheth, or the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter: for they will bury in Topheth, because there is no room elsewhere.

33. Et erit morticinum populi huius in cibum volucribus caeli et bestiis terrae, et non erit qui abigat.

33. And the dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the air, and for the beasts of the earth; and none will frighten them away.

34. Et quiescere faciam de urbibus Iudae et de plateis Ierusalem vocem gaudii et vocem laetitiae, vocem sponsi et vocem sponsae: in desolationem enim erit terra”.

34. And I will make to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become a waste.